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I'm named after Jane Austen's Emma, and I've always been able to relate to her. She's strong, confident but quite tactless. — Emma Donoghue
In some far-off distant time, when the twentieth century history of primitive computing is just a murky memory, someone is likely to suppose that devices… — Charles Petzold
I was named after Yul Brynner because my mother had an infatuation with him. Who the hell names a Cuban kid Yul? Talk about a… — Yul Vazquez
She began to feel like the plastic doll she had been named after, without even a hole where her mouth was supposed to be. — Francesca Lia Block
I guess there was some Casper guy, like, 10 generations ago who I'm named after. I'm the 11th. My son is Casper the XII. — Casper Van Dien
The entire island of Martha's Vineyard has gone Obama crazy. There's even a cocktail that they've named after Barack Obama. It's called the Obamarita. Not… — David Letterman
I'm a sucker for any band named after a work of literature. Los de Abajo take their name from Mariano Azuela's famous novel 'The Underdogs,'… — Daniel Alarcon
My name is Zach Galifianakis and I hope I'm pronouncing that right. I'm named after my granddad, my middle name. My name is Zach Granddad… — Zach Galifianakis
I've made no secret of the fact that I often wear wigs and have in fact launched my own 'Dynasty' range, named after various characters.… — Joan Collins
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him. — Herbert Hoover
I would never do crack... I would never do a drug named after a part of my own ass, okay? — Denis Leary
Canada is a country of ingredients without a cuisine; we're a country with musicians without an indigenous instrument; Toronto's a city that doesn't even have… — Mike Myers
I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue:… — Eleanor Roosevelt
I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I've been thrown out of so many. — Casey Stengel
I didn't grow up thinking, 'Oh, maybe someday I'm going to have a shoe named after me.' — Sheryl Swoopes
The coolest gift I've ever gotten from a fan was from the Franklin Mint. It was a knife, and it had a picture of General… — Josh Turner
Disco is the first technology music. And what I mean is that 'disco' music is named after discs, because when technology grew to where they… — will.i.am
ONE THING I AM NEVER GOING TO DO WHEN I GROW UP Is fall in love, drop out of college, learn to subsist on water… — Nicole Krauss
First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me. — Steve Martin
I wondered if it was possible to donate my body to science before I was actually dead. I wondered if a disease were to be… — Miriam Toews
Marcus: Cherry? Jillian: My ten-year-old niece. Marcus: She's named after a piece of fruit? Jillian nodded. Jillian: So is her twin sister, Apple. Marcus: You're… — Gena Showalter
[Lennie meets Joe - he works out that she was named after John Lennon] I nod. "Mom was a hippie." This is northern Northern California… — Jandy Nelson
Shrapnel was invented by an Englishman of the same name. Don't you wish you could have something named after you? — Kurt Vonnegut
Why' is the only question that bothers people enough to have an entire letter of the alphabet named after it. The alphabet does not go… — Douglas Adams
„Ma'am?“ She glanced up at me, pushing her glasses up her nose as she did. “Hmm? Oh, I remember you. Miss Melbourne.“ “Melrose,“ I corrected.… — Richelle Mead

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